John Logue, professor of political science at Kent State University, died Dec. 9, 2009, after a month’s illness. He was 62.
Logue earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas in 1970 and a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton in 1976. He joined Kent State in 1977, and was a scholar of Scandinavian studies and employee ownership.
Writing widely on employee ownership and workplace democracy, he became involved with efforts to avert steel-mill shutdowns in Ohio. In 1987, he founded the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at Kent State, and worked with more than 500 firms and employee groups employing more than 95,000 workers. Of these, 74 firms employing 14,000 workers started full or partial employee ownerships, creating more than $300 million in employee equity. Logue also served on many boards of nonprofit organizations and corporations.
Among several honors, he received a Kent State Distinguished Scholar Award in 2002 and an honorary doctorate from Alvernia College in 2005.
Logue is survived by his wife, Olga; and three daughters.
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